Growing a whole banana plant from seed is more complicated than it sounds, especially if you want edible fruit. Here's what ...

The edible banana is one of more than 80 species of flowering plants in the Musa genus. Bananas are huge herbaceous plants with fleshy, upright stalks from which large, oblong, bright green leaves ...

Q. Will edible, good-tasting bananas grow well here? I saw some bananas growing in a nearby garden, but I picked a fruit, and it was full of seeds. How can I grow them successfully? A. Although the… ...

But even if you can't grow edible fruit, understanding the fruit of this tropical plant that you buy at the grocery store might be helpful. Advertisement The health benefits of the banana are ...

We also grow several types of ornamental bananas that do not produce edible fruit. The dwarf banana (Musa ornata) produces upright spikes of small flowers with attractive pinkish purple bracts.

Banana trees are grown at the temperature of 76 degrees Fahrenheit. Once they’ve matured a little bit, the plants are thawed out and then replanted, which causes the peels to have a different ...

Banana crops aren't in the best shape, but new varieties could help. Japanese Mongee bananas debuted this winter, bred to be cold-resistant and pesticide-free. Plus, you can eat the peel.

Plant spacing: 10 to 24 inches; rows, 20 to 36 inches. Days to harvest: 80 to 100 for spring planting and 60 to 80 for late summer planting. Notes: Peppers are included in same family as potatoes ...

A Banana Grown At Subzero Temps Also Has An Edible Peel : The Salt Banana crops aren't in the best shape, but new varieties could help. Japanese Mongee bananas debuted this winter, bred to be cold ...